Shoe-sewing machine.



L. GODDU.

SHOE SEWING MACHINE.4

APPLIGATIOH rILnD AUG. a1. 1900.

Patent-.ea July 2, 1.912,

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L. GODDU. I l SHOE SEWING MACHINE.

4 nmorrlon AHLM) AUG. 31, 1900.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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L. GODDU.

SHOE SEWING MACHINE. APPLIOATIox FILED AUG. 31, 1900.

Patented July 2, 1912.y

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L. GODDU.-

SHOE SEWING MACHINE. Y uruunlol FILED AUG.' 31, lsoo.

Patented July 2, 1912. I

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L. GDDU.

SHOE SEWING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 31, 1900.

Patente@ July 2, 1912.

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UNiTED, srarns Parana# orsi-cia LoUIs connu', or WINoHnsTeit,.,MASSACHUSETTS. assrenoa'ro connu snwrri's MAcHINncoMm my, oF PoagLANn, MAINE, .A ooaroaafron or Mamie.

'stron-SEWING Maximus.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Juli ist applicaties inea August ai, 1900. serial No. 28,623.

To all whom `it may concern: l

Be it. known that I, Louis GODDU, a citizen of the United States, residing at .Winchester, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have" invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Sevvingjt Machines; and I do hereby declare the followingft'o be a full, clear,` and. exact description of ythe invention, such as WiIl enable@ others skilled-in the art to which it apper# tafi'ns to makeand use the same.

This invention has forA its object the production olf'an improved machineby. to sew anv upper to an mner-soleoran upper and welt to an inner-sole.

In the machineto be hereinl described; a l

hooked needle enters/a channel cut in tire inner sole, and, emerging from thesole, 1t

,passes through the upper pressed firmly against it, and also passes through a Welt, if one isused, and the hook of the needle is thenssupplied with'y threadv by means of a circul'arly moving looper open centrally to receive the point of the needle, and the needle is vibrat'ed,'takingr with' it a loop of thread vWhich is drawn from the looper, the stitch'being of the forni Called chain .f

The feeding ofthe shoe or stock is effectedr by a rigidly held but longitudinally' recipe rocating channelgage or ot,'v'vhich enters the` ehannel'in the sole, and a Welt-guide which acts against the upper where it overlaps the edge of the sole, saidwelt-guide be= ing 'adapted to be moved positively toward Vthe channel 'gage to clamp the upper elosel;7

to the sole, and force tHejohanneled part of the'so'le aga-inst the ga Oe preparatory to sliding them 'longitudnay in unison to effect the feeding of the Work. I.

The Welt-guide it attached to a Weltguidesegment, normally' under -the control of a spring, Which serves to keep the Weltgui'de against `the upper of-Wh'atever thick! ness, but preparatory to' each feed stroke,

the said Welt-guide`is acted upon' by a depressing device containing,' as shown, a: pawl, which forces the Welt-guide firmly in eohtact with the upper, and keeps it in suoli position until theV feed is completed,`

the'needle during'the feeding of the stock being out-of the stock.- f i The machine has anpiercer which is thrust into thesole about or substantially as the spa needle point" entersthe same, said piercer acting' to' hold Ath "stock in fixed position the Working parts.

while the needle operates to make the stitch, and While the channel gage and AWeit-guide, which feed the stock, move backward into their starting position, the Welt guide white so moved back'Wardly being unlocked by the rising of the depressing lever' leaving the Welt guide controlled Vonly 'by 'a spring.

Figure v1 represents, in front elevation, the' main operating parte of the machine'to be herein' described, the driving mechanism for the mainshaft being shown partially in section; Fig. 2 1s a detail view showing in side Velevation and partly in section the stud for supporting the levers which actuatethe Welt guide segment/lindin section the hubs ofsaid levers; F ig. Bis afrear elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1;fFig. 3f" is a detail view of the stud whichsupports the spring for actuating the needle guide ;A Fig.

4 is a partial left hand side eievation oit the machine shown in F ig. 1; aia, a detail showing the needle guide; 5 is aV section looking to the left of the dotted Sline. w, Fig. 1; Figs. G and 7 are details showing Athe upper end ofthe loopershaft and its operating means; Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail showing the operative parts "11n position with relation-to the shoe being acted upon; Fig. 9 is a detail sectional View tekenen the line 9 9 of Fig. S; Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view'taken on the line 10Q-10 of Fig. 8; Fig. 11 shows-the guide detached from its segment; Fig. 12 ,shows the needle segment detached with its needle; Fig. 13' shows' the lcam Clai'd out or developed; Fig. 14 is a sectional view of the lower end ofthe threadguide which Winds its-thread about the shank of the needie in,

presenting the .same to the hook thereof; Figs. 15, 16, and 17 are details showing the stitch forming mechanism in several diffen ent positions; Fig. 18 shows' the stitch unit v ing the inner sole, upper and Welt;` and Fig. 19 shovvs the needle detached. l

The column'A, in practice, lia-sia suitable base'oi.`= foot to rest upon the support, and it' has secured to it at its upper end, by suitable bolts4 A', the head A? which supports The head A2 is peculiar construction, that is it has a loop shaped part, 40, 4:1, 42, 43, and extending from the parts 40 and 42 are the bearings A3 which'receive the main shaft A* of the ma.- chihe. j

The acting cam khub tobe described for imparting motion to the operating parts of the machine has -its periphery standing and turning between the parts 40 and 4t2l on its opposite sidesLthe parts 41 and 43 cross' ing the said cani hub in the direction of theY length of the niain shaft. This loop-shaped part or yoke, as itv may be designated, iliade in one piece has suitableother bearings to sustain not only the lever for actuat-ing the loopei, to be described, but also the leverfor actuating the needle segment. `This shaft at its right hand end ,has suitably keyed or attached to it a fast pulley or hand wheel A5, having a conical hub A which coperates with a conical face or cavity A7, inade in a loose pulley AS surrounding said shaft.

A spring 2 interposed between the hub of saidloose pulley and the'hub of the hand ivheel nornially acts to keep the loose pulley troni frictional engagement with the conical' part of the tast pulley, -I

The loose pulley is chainbered and has'an opening which is closed by a set screw fr, and when said set screw is reinoved, oil inay be let in to said'piilley by which'to lubricatc iton the shaft.

The hub of the loose pulley has a detachable bearingfi provided with holes through which oil put into the chamber of the pulley niay pass on to the main shaft. i 4

nterposed'between the end of thel bearing A3 and the hub of the loose pulley is a anged collar B, having'teetli 12 partially around it, see Fig. 5, and extending from the flange is a sleeve B having projecting threads which enter grooves in the interior ofr the bearing A2.

' To cause the continuously running loose pulley A8 to be .forced into driving contact With the hand wheel so as to take-up and rotate the main shaft, employ a starting lever B2, having at one end teeth, see Fig'. 5, it having an extended sleeve hub 13 which surrounds a studiB, a screw B3 entering a threaded hole in said stud keeping the lever in pla e, said sector lever having attached to it a rod B4 which is extended to the ioor, where it in practice has attached to it a suitable treadle, soV that `bynioviilg said sector lever the collar niay be turned', and in its rotation the treadlc sleeve will be inoved longitudinally` on the shaftAt.

The inain shaft has fast upon.it a. cani disk C, and as herein provided for this one disk is soA shaped as to operate the entire working parts. This disk has an irregular cani groove C', and it has a face earn C2, and in itsvsides there are `cut grooves()3 and C4.

The head has suitable openings to receive invit a slide-rod D, provided with a roller clamped upon itby a clamping screw d an Ithe anti-friction roller D2.

arin D', and the slide rod beyond said arin is provided with an anti-friction roller D2, the latter being acted upon by. a strong spring, D, one end ot which is inserted solidly'in a sleeve 1D* forming a part of a hub D which is slipped over a rod D and abutted against a shoulder thereon, the opposite end of said hub Di being acted upo-n by a. nut. D screwed onto the rod to thus clainp tirinly the hub D5 and hold the part D,

and keep the spring D2 fixed in the proper positionV to enable its free end to bea-r against The free end of said spring normally acts to keep the slidei'od D pressed toward the right viewing Fig. 1v. The lower end of the arin D receives a elanip screw D3 which serves to clamp its, split end upon the end of a rod D. The

lrod D" is extended through a tubular bear'- ing` a, see Fig. 1'0, having a shoulder a to rest against a part of the head A2, the op posite end of said bearing receiving upon it a. nut a2.by which to retain it inposition.

The inner end ofthe sleeve bearing a, has a flange a3 which acts against one end of an extended hub a4 of the .needle segment a5,

provided with teeth f and carrying a hooked needle a6. said needle being held claniped in position by any usual or suit-able screw ai.

. The needle segment has a groove al? about the ]unction with it of the hub at, and said groove receives a loop oi' eye 7) of a needle guide b', said guide having a second loop or eye b2.

In assembling the parts the eye I) ot the needle guide is put over the extension at of the needle seginent, and -then the segment is put in place at one' side of the partA2,` sec Fig. 10, andthe eye b2 is put in Aline with the hole in said part A2, and then the sleevey bearing is inserted through the extension and the hole in A2 and through the c ve [i2 and the nuta2 is put onto the bearing i and eve b2 and acting against one side of A2.

The needle guardb has a hole i5* through which the'needle works,-r said guard operating to guide and steady theneedle in usual .The guard has an extended arin b3, see

4a, which, as'sliown, receives one end of y a link In* connected to a spring L5, having its coiled end surrounding a. holt b on Figs.. 4L and Saxed to tht` head, said spring norinally acting to niove the needle guard toward the stock being stitched, .the spring acting .to cause the projection /X of the eye Zi. to inert a projection bt of the needle segment. and cause the said guard to Jfollow v with thc` needle segment. in .the saine direc tion, 'it stopping only when the needle is inthe stock.

The rod D has in it at a distance troni its right hand end, a small pit whichveeives the end of a Aset screw lrfvsliown bydotted l13D `so that a hub 11" of said segment. tits over the lhead a3` of the sleeve bearing and overlaps the tubular hub a4 ofthe needle seg ment, and.with 'said parts in the position shown in` -10, the set screw Z912 is tightened, thus iing the block on the said .rodl D9, leaving, however, thewelt-guide segment loose thereon so that itmay bevrotated, as desired, aboutsaid rod and block.

`Theirregular block 513 has a face represented in Fig. 8, provided with a threaded -.hole to receive a set screw b", said set screw i being extended through a hole or slot in the shank:of the combined channel guide and feed bs.

.The Vwelt-guide carrying segment has` vteeth at-b90 which are engaged by the teeth clof'a lever c', pivoted at c2. This lever has a -stud caywhich is -engaged by a link c, "engagingapin 02,", of a spring es held at Vone end by a stud' 03X, said springnormally acting `to turn said lever in the .direction of the arrow on it in Fig. .8. The opposite end of the lever c has a series of ratchet teeth A 05, made, as shown, ina detachable plate, ,n said teeth having coperating with them a vpawl c, pivoted at 07 on a lever cs, a spring c acting on said pawl Inormally pressing it toward the ratchet teeth. Coperating with the ratchet teeth, see Fig. 8, is a shield (Z2, held i'nplace by a screw d, against which ,the point of the pawl acts as it rises, to.

' thereby disengage the pawl from the 40 ratchet teeth. The lever @s has an extended sleeve hub c, see alsol Fig. 2, which ein- ,Y braces a like hub cx* surrounding a Stud c2.V The upper end .of the lever 0B 'hasa suitable "roller or other stud Z3 which enters the cain ,groovey C3.' l y *The Welt-guide segment has at .one end a `Vfslot v4r,"whichreceivesv a-bolt 5, saidbolt being extended' through a hole 6 in the shank .77"7 oftheweltsguidefE, said welt-guide con-. "95 Zfsistingfessentially of a foot e to which.. is

" `secured Abya` screw-eoneend of a plate e2, sank-plate restingfagalnst ablock 63,21. screw (inthe bolt 5 they welt guide maybe adjusted to bring it into its desired or proper 'oper ative position:

-The teeth of the"n'eedle segment are en#` g'aged by the teeth jcof a lever f2, mounted" an'd-enterigja threaded h'ol'e in thefootej fflLThe 4o13p(` `s`,i.teend of the platee2 is attached VAto vt-hefshank 7 byfsuitable1-screws S, shown on a'stud or shaft fin ears of the head A2, said lever having a roller or other studr f1, see Fig. 4f, which enters the cani groove C inthe cani block C. l

The peculiarly shaped head carrying the working parts is provided with an inclined stud f, see Fig. 5, overwhich is fitted the hub of a looper actuating lever f5, said lever having a roller or other stud f which enters the peripheral cam groove C. The tree end of the lever has sector teeth as at j", see

'Fig 7, which engage a pinion fs at the upper end of a hollow shaft f1", 'to which is attached the looper fn, the latter consisting essentially, as herein shown, of a. partial sleeve cut away, see Figs. 14 to 17, to leave a point which may be provided` with a hole f lo for the Areception'of the'thread t, said sleeve being split at its upper end to present ears f through which is inserted a Aclamp screw fl? by which to clamp the said sleeve on the said hollowl shaft jm.

To prevent wax from contacting with the pinion f8 and the teeth of the lever f5, I provide a shield g which extends over and protects the upper end of the pinion and the teeth The shield is provided with a thread guiding oriiice g.

The spring 03 acts normally toniove the lever c in a direction to cause it to turn the welt guide segment in a direction to press the plate e2 of the welt guide on the upper `lying against the last and edge of the sole, as in Fig. 8.

. The channel gage bso, which enters the Vusual channel cut 'in the inner sole occupies at all times a fixed position in a defined plane, so as to constitute, as it were, a' support against which the lip or bottom of the channel is forced, butY the channel" gage is 'adapted to slide back and forth in a hori- ,ZOntalpIa-ne, it having such movement when' feeding Ythe stock. Prior to feeding the stock, however, the lever cs is actnated causing the pawl c6 to act on the ratchet teeth c5 and move the lever 0' and welt guide segment in a direction to cause the plate c2 to be borne hard against the upper and inner sole and force the channeled part of the sole onto the' channel gage, and while ,so clamped the rod D is moved to the left, viewing Fig.

1,'to Jfeed the stock for the desired length ot"- stitch.` During ,the-feeding of the stock the needle is out ot the Vstock and also the piercer to be described.

Thepiercer his held by screws 72. in the end of a lever vv,2 having a sleeve-like h'uh x, see Fig. 9, embracing al stud h3", the rear endof said lever having, see Fig. a

roller o r-othei stud 7b3 which runs against the caiii`4'7`5n1-ade at one edge of the cam ,block T-he piercer approaches the stock and enters the same preferably in the channel of the inner sole just or about as the needle meets the 'stock tofenter the same,

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take the thread t, and-draw a loop of the f same through the Welt upperand inner sole, and saidpi'ercer remains in the stock While the needle so acts and While the channel gage and Welt guide, they' having' fed the stock, are being moved baclrwardly to` their starting position, the Welt guide duringsuch movement being held duly under the stress of the spring 030, so that it andthe channel guide may slide respectively on the'upper and'in the channel into posit-ion to be again closed and grasp the work for again feeding it. The piercer has no feeding movement whatever, and its purpose isto'pierce and hold the stock. iii -positio'ii substantiall;r tdall times except when the stock is to' he The thread t isv taken from the Wax pot m through a suitable stripper m', and

thence over a sheave m2 and about a tension device m3, said tension device being represented as a wheel having any usual or suit.

able surfac'eto contact with the thread. Beyondv this tension device`the` thread is passed over a supporting roll m4, -pivoted upon an Aupright m5, shown as'secured to the guard Ag by a suitable set screu7 m6, and thence the thread is led through the guide g the pinion f3 and the hollow shank fl* ofthe looper 3o and thence through the eye flo thereof'.

Bet-Ween the support mit and the thread 'passage g the thread is acted upon by, a

pull-on? n, shown as a hooked rod'connected with a lever n', having a sleeve-like hub n, n-'hiehsnrrounds the hub 13 mounted on the stud screw B3, vsaid lever having a roller or other stud n2 which is acted upon bythe part at of the cani C, a suitable spring f/r" acting to keep said roller 'or other stud against said cam so that the said pull-ott may be operated at the proper time, to pull ott from the tension device and the Wax pot the .desired amount of thread. .l

The tension device m3 is fixed on a short shaft n, shown by dotted lines in Fig.V 3,'

being extended through a portion of the head A2', theopposite end of said shaft being provided withr a fixed Washer or plate ai?. 'Coperating with said plate is a friction'.

device ns, shown as adisk pivoted at n upon the upper end of lever nl, pivoted at a", the lower end of said lever Vhaving a cam tace QQ', which is acted upon by a roller 23 carried by a rod 24, surrounded by a spring 25, locatedin the hub 2 6 of an eX- tension Q7 of the lever B2.

The Weltl going tothe Welt guide may be.

conducted through a suitable guide wg.

llllien the operator puts his foot/ 0n the treadle to litt-the rod Bt, to thus cause the loose pulley As'to be forced in engaging contactwith the conical. part of the hand Wheel A, the roller 23 acts on the am face of the lever m10 and forces the felt or other Washer 28 carried by the disk ns against the' 'p tion requisite to produce the tension. required. This amount ot tension may be regulated byA vturningv the nnt29 and co1n-` 'pressing the spring 25, The tension is on thelt-ension Wheel a't all times when the erator is removing the' Work may run' readily from the tension Wheel. As soon as theoperator removes his foot from the treadle, the spring 30 controls the movement of the lever B2, to eect the release of the'running pulley As from the fast pulley.

'Having described my invention what I 4Washer n?, to thus exert an amount of 'fricl stitching is .takin'g place, but immediately .that themachine is stopped the tension .is released so that 'the thread when the op claimA as new and desire lto secure by Letters -I 1. A shoe sewing inachine,. having, in combination,l lstitch vforming mechanism, a channel gage, a Welt'guide, means to move the Welttoivard theehannel gage to intermittently clamp the stock, and means or l actuating the Welt guide 4and channel gage to feed the stock, substantially as described.

2,- A shoe-sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch forming'mechanism a channel gage and nie'ans -to'move it in a horizonal'phim, a Welt guide and meansto vmove the ivelt guide toward the channel gage, means vto lock the Welt guide in suchI position and -nijeans to lactuate the Welt guide and channel gage to'feed 'the stock, substantially as described.

3. A shoe sewing machine, having, in coin- 'binatioin stitch forming me'clianism,"a channel gage, aivelt'guide, a rod on which said channel gage is tixed and on Which said Welt guideis-monnted loosely, means Vto turn lthe -welt guidetoward the channel gage, means to lock 'the welt guide in such position, and

means to move said rod in a horizontalA direction While the said welt. guideis so held locked, substantially as described' L A shoe serving machine, having iii-comyiiov bination, stitch forming mechanism', echannel gage, afivelt guide segment, an attached welt guide,`a connected segmental" lever operatively connected with the welt guide segment and provided .With ratchet teeth, a paivl,` and means to operate it-toengage. said 'ratchetteeth andcausethe welt guide to be borne toward and held'pos'itively against the stock While the saine is supported in opposition to the said Welt guide bythe channel gage', 'substantially as described. f 5. A'shoe sewing machine, having, `incombination, stitch forming mechanism,- a rod' having fixed lto it a channel gage, 'a lvveltl guide segmentmounted loose-ly .on said rod and provided, `with a Welt guide, means to" move said vvelt' guide toward said channel gage, means to vlock the said We'lt' guide segi inent'in position, an arm connectedat one,

end with saidrod, and at its opposite end to iso.

. direction, a looper,

a second slide rod, means tomove said sec-y needle segment, a rod extended through said stud and needle segment, a welt guide segg,A

to said rod and adapted to be' ment applied moved with it in vits longitudinal movement and be free to be partially rotated on said rod, a channel gagecarried by said rod, a welt guide carried by said welt .guide segment, means to turn saidv segment and welt guide ytoward said channel gage, and means to thereafter move said rod longitudinally, substantially as described.

7. A shoe sewingmachine, having, in com bination, stitch forming mechanism includmg a curved hooked needle, a needle seg ment, a hollow stud upon which the needle segment is mounted, means to actuate the needle segment, a rod extended through said stud and needle segment, a welt guide segment applied to said rod and adapted to be mo'vcd with it in its longitudinal movement and be free to be partially rotated on Isaid rod, a channel gage carried by said rod, a welt guide carried by said welt guide segment, means to turn said segment and welt guide toward said channel gage, means to lock said welt guide segment and welt guide; and means to thereafter move said rod, channel gage and welt guide, longitudinally to eifect thefeeding of the stock, substantially. as described.

8. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, a piercer, and a hooked needle,each located to enter the sole from the same `direction,`a looper, means to actuate the said hooked needle to enter the stock and take thread from said looper, means to actuate saidpiercer to cause it to enter the stock and hold the saine iXedly in place while the needle is in the stock, and while the needle draws the thread through the stock, and means to thereafter remove the piercer from the stock, substantially as described.v p

9. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, a` piercer, and a hooked needle, each located to enter the sole from the same means to actuate the said hooked needle to venter `the stock and take thread from said looper, means to actuate said piercer to cause it to-enter the stock and hold the saine fiXedly in place while the needle is in the stock, and while the needle draws the thread through the stock, means to thereafter remove the piercer from the stock, and a channel gage, described.

1G. A shoe'sewing machine, having, in

described.

hollow stud upon which the needlesubstantially as combination, a needle guide segment, a hooked needle connected therewith, means to actuate said segment to cause said needle to penetrate and retire from the stock, a looper, means to move it toasupply the said'needle with thread, apiercer, means to actuate it to penetra-te and remainin the stock time that the` needle Qenters said stock' and retires'therefrom, means to thereafter remove'the said piercer from the stock' and feeding mechanism to feed the stock, comprising a Welt `guide and channel gage and means for actuating them to clamp and feed the stock,`the,needle and piercer being removed from the stock while the feeding mechanism acts to move the same', substantially as described.

11.. A shoe sewi'n machine, having, in combination, a need e segment and its attached needle, a stud on which said segment is mounted loosely, means to turn said segment, and a needle 'guide -havino two eyes surrounding saidstud loosely, siibstantially as described.

12. A `shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, a needle segment andl its at.- tached needle, a stud on which said segment is mounted loosely, meansV to turn said segduring the Y ment, a needle guide having two eyessur-,

rounding said stud loosely, and a spring to act on said guide to move it normally in one direction, substantially as described.

13. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, a needle segment and its attached needle, a stud on which said segment is mounted loosely, means l,to turn said segment, a needle guide having two eyes surrounding said stud loosely, having a projection to 'coperate with the shoulder of the needle segment, and a spring to act on the shoulder of said guide and normally keep said projection against said. shoulder, permitting the needle guide to yield after the needle` hasentered the stock, substantially as described. p

14. A shoe sewing machine having. in combination, stitch forming mechanism, a' channel gage to enter and remain in the channel, means to support said gageand move it in a horizontal plane while feeding Vthe stock, a piercer, and means to actuate it to enter said channel at one side of the beoneof said eyes lio tween substancel and hold the stock sub tanall times except when the channel tially at Sub- age is moving in its feeding stroke, stant-ially as '.described.

15. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch cluding a curved hook needle and devices cooperating therewith to forml a chain stitch, a channel gage, a welt guide, means for relatively lactuating the welt guide and channel gage to clamp and feed the stel-tf, and mechanism acting automa to engage the shoe and hold it darint orming mechanism inretarn Corrections in. Letters Patent No. l ,O3-@9.95.

vincrement of the guide and gage, substantially as described.

1G. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination', 'a piercer, a hook needle, a hook needle -to enter the stock to ftalte thread from the looper, and means for actuating the piercer tocause it to enter the channel at one side ot the between substance and hold-the stock while theneedle draws' the thread through the stock, substantially as' described.

17. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch forming mechanism, 'a channel gage, a welt guide, means for moving the Welt guide toward the channel gage to clamp the stock, means forv actuatingthe welt guide and channel gage to feedl the stock, and means for holding the stock during the return'moi-*ement of the Weit guide and channel gage, substantially as described.,

'18. A'Lshoe sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch t'orlning mechanism, a channel gage, a Welt guide, means for relatively actuating the welt guide and channel gage to clain'pand feed the stock, a piercer, and means for actuating the piercer to cause` itl to enter thestock and hold the same during the return movement of the Welt guide and channel gage, substantially as .de-

. scribed.

, 19QA ShOeseWing machine, having, in combination, stitch` forming mechanism, a channel gage movable horizontally in ay fixed lplane, means for actuating said gage,

channel gage,

a welt guide movable with said gage to feed the stock during the movement of the gage in vone direction, a piercer and'means for actuating the piercer to cause it to enter the stock and hold theA same vduring the moyelnent of said gage in the opposite direction, ,substantiallyv as described.

20. A slice sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch forming mechanism, a a `Welt guide, yielding means for relatiyelyactuating the Welt guide and channel gage to engage the stock, means for relatively actuating the Welt guide and channel gage to clamp the stock and for locking the channel gage and Welt guide in clamping position, and means for actuating the-Welt' guide and channel gage to feed the stock, substantially as described.

'21. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch forming mechanism including a curved hook needle and devices ccperating therewith to form a chain stitch, a channel gage, a Welt guide, means for relatii'ely actuating the Wel-t guide and chann'el gage to clamp and feed the stock, a 'device movable toward and from the shoe, and means for actuating said device to engage the shoe and hold it during the return movement of the irelt guide and channel gage, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. in' presence ot' two witnesses.

LOUIS GODDU.

lVi tnesses donner. VAN EvnnnN, ALFRED H. Hrnnnirrn.

y --p--g A(opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, i Washington, D, C.

correction as follows: Page l, line it), tor the word it.`

insert the word grade; and same page,

Signed and scaled this 13th day of August, A. D., ltll.

lt is' hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1.0%',995. granted July 2, v1919. upon the application of Louis Goddu, ot Winchester,Massachusetts, for an improve- '44* i. ,i mentm bhoe-Seiylngillacluncs, eliolsappezu inthe printedspeclticationrequiring read as; page 2, line 5 1.,

for the Word ftreadlc read tbn/u7u?, page 4, line ST, attcr the word LWelt line 9i, tor the word horizoual read lzcw'zonta; and that the saidl Letters Patent should he read-with these corrections j therein that the same may contornato the record ot the case in the Patent Oliicc.

afs. Moena,

, looper, means to Corrections 1in. Letters Patent No. l ,O3-@9.95.

vmovement of the guide and gage, substantially as described.

1G. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination', 'a piercer, a hook needle, a iictnate the hook needle -to enter the stock to ftalte thread from the looper, and means for actuating the piercer tocause it to enter the channel at one side ot the between substance and hold-the stock while theneedle draws' the thread throiigh the stock, substantially as' described.

17. A -slice sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch forming mechanism, 'a channel gage, a welt guide, means for moving the ivelt guide toward the channel gage to clamp the stock, means forv actuatingthe welt guide and channel gage to feedl the stock, and means for holding the stock during the return'inoi-*ement of the Welt guide and channel gage, substantially as described.

'18. i-Yshoe sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch forming mechanism, a channel gage, a Welt guide, means for relatively actuating the welt guide and channel gage to clain'pand feed the stock, a piercer, and means for actuating the piercer to canse` itl to enter thestock and hold the same during the return movement of the Welt guide and channel gage, substantially as .de-

`scribed. e o

19. A slice sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch` forming mechanism, a

channel gage' movable horizontally in a fixed lplane, means for actuating said gage,

A(opies of this patent may be obtained for a welt guide movable with said gage to feed the stock during the movement of the gage in vone direction, a piercer and'means for actuating the piercer to cause it to enter the stock and hold theA same vduring the movement of said gage in the opposite direction, ,substantially as described.

20. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch forming mechanism,` a Vchannel gage, a `Welt guide, yielding means for relativelyactuating the Welt guide and channel gage to engage the stock, means for relatively actuating the Welt guide and channel gage to clamp the stock and for locking the channel gage and Welt guide in clamping position, and means for actuating the-Welt' guide and channel gage to feed the stock, substantially as described.

'21. A shoe sewing machine, having, in combination, stitch forming mechanism iiicludiiig a curved hook needle and devices coperating therewith to form a chain stitch, a channel gage, a Welt guide, means for relatively actuating the Wel-t guide and chanii'el gage to clamp and feed the stock, a 'device movable toward and from the slice, and means for actuating said device to engage the shoe and hold it during the return movement of the iielt guide and channel gage, substantially as described.

In testimony ivhei'cof I affix my signature. in'preseiice ot' tivo witnesses.

LOUIS GODDU.

Ti tiiesses donner. VAN Emilien, Anreise H. Hinnnirrii.

five cents each, by addressing the C'ommissoner of Patents, Washington, D, C.

upon the application of Louis correction as follows: Page l, line 0, tor the word it.`

insert the word gaz'de; and saine page,

Signed and sealed this 13th day of August, A. D., ltl.

lt is' hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1.03,9.l5. granted July 2, v1919. Goddu, of Winchester,Massachiisctts, for an improve- '44* ii ,i mentin bhoe-SeivingMachincs, ciioisappeai inthe printedspeciticationrequiring read zal; page 2, line 5l,

for the Word trcadlc. iead tbm-NJN?, page 4, line ST, after the word LWeit line 9i, for the word horizoiial read lzorzontal; and that the saidl Letters Patent should he readivith these corrections j therein that the same may conform'to the record ot the case in the Patent Oliicc.

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